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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the Free World Before the War

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Coming of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I set the stage for increased world conflict because of the crushing reparations required of Germany. See how Adolf Hitler, over a series of years, used opposition to the terms of the treaty...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Propaganda

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit documents the critical role of propaganda in the Nazi effort to turn Germany into a totalitarian state driven to annihilate its enemies. Includes a gallery of primary source documents and artifacts, such as posters, books,...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: World War Ii Looted Art: Turning History Into Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic exhibit explores the systematic looting of art in Nazi-occupied countries. These looted treasures were hidden in castles and salt mines in Austria and Germany and many have since been recovered.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Tragedy of the s.s. St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
The tragic tale of the Jewish refugees from Germany who boarded the SS St. Louis, hoping to find asylum in the United States is told here. It's a story of the umwillingness of many countries to help those persecuted by the Nazis. There...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the "Legal" Dictatorship

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Boycott of Jewish Businesses

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the first boycott of Jewish businesses carried out by the Nazis in 1933. No one expected that this was the beginning of what would become the Holocaust.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Early Boycott, Racial Legislation

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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PBS

Pbs: America and the Holocaust: Kristallnacht

For Students 9th - 10th
From the larger PBS site, America and the Holocaust. This essay describes the atrocities of Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, across Germany. Find out what precipitated the violence against Jews all across Germany, and discover how the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Country Studies: Hitler and the Rise of National Socialism

For Students 9th - 10th
The rise of Adolf Hitler to dictatorial power as the leader of the NSDAP, the failed putsch of 1923, the Great Depression and its consequences for the growth of nationalistic ideas in Germany in the thirties.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The in Between Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive AP European History learning module on the "Inbetween Years" following WWI, traces the years from the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Nazi and Fascist regimes in Europe. Includes individual as well as collaborative...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Jewish Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describes the various organized and individual resistance movements and actions taken by Jews in Germany and throughout Europe during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Concentration Camps, 1933 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
Article detailing the development and use of concentration camps in pre-World War II Germany to detain political enemies, subversives, and so-called "social deviants."
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: White Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of "The White Rose," a student resistance group in Germany during World War II.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Hadamar Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about the first trial in the US zone in Germany for massed atrocities. In the Hadamar Trial, those responsible for the euthanization center at Hadamar were tried for the killing of foreign prisoners, because laws did not yet...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Third Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the rise of the Third Reich in Germany prior to World War II.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: German Jewish Response to the Nuremberg Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
The response to the Nuremberg Laws by the National Representation of the Jews in Germany, September 24, 1935.
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Htrc: Adolf Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describe the life of Adolf Hitler, including his rise to tyranny and the fall of the German Empire during WWII.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
Browsable directory of encyclopedia articles on topics related to the Holocaust, with accompanying rich-media material (photos, maps, historical films, audio clips, etc.) available for particular topics. A full complement of articles is...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Unit: Period 7: 1890 1945: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945: The Progressive Era. An overview of an Progressive Era is provided. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: The President's News Conference on v E Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the transcript of the news conference President Harry S. Truman had on May 8, 1945, just before the release of his proclamation declaring the end of hostilities in Europe. Read why he released this early to journalists, and enjoy...
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Jews Disbelieving Reports of Extermination

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay describing how many Jewish people in Germany did not initially believe reports of Jewish extermination due to Nazi control of the press.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Introduction to the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
Online museum encyclopedia introduction of the Holocaust. Includes photographs, references for further reading, and links to related materials.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Holocaust Timeline: Shoah

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive timeline showing the events between 1933 and 1945 that occurred during the progression of the Jewish Holocaust. It begins with several paragraphs describing the nature of the Holocaust.

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